Panic In Detroit

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Panic In Detriot-David Bowie
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|4-4-4--x-4-4---4/6-6-6--x-6-6---|
|4-4-4--x-5-5---5/7-7-7--x-7-7---|repeat
|2-2-2--x-5-5---5/7-7-7--x-7-7---|
|---------3-3---3/5-5-5--x-5-5---|
D E
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|7-------------------9----9-9--9-----|
|7-7-5-4-------------9----9-9--9-----|
|7-------7-5-4---4---9----9-9--9-----|
|5-------------7---5/7----7-7--7-----|
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He looked... Drove a diesel van
D E
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He looked a lot like Che Guevara drove a diesel van
Kept his gun in quiet seclusion such a humble man
G A G A
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The only survivor of the National People's Gang
D C D C
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|7------------5----------------------------------------------|
|7------------5---5br-------------------------------5br------|
|7------------5/7-------7p5-7~------------------5-7-------7--|
|5------------3----------------------------------------------|
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Panic in Detroit I asked for an autograph
D G A
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He wanted to stay home I wish someone would phone
D E
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Panic in Detroit
D C G
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Putting on some clothes I made my way to school ooh ooh
Bm C G
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and found my teacher crouching in his overalls
D C G
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I screamed and ran to smash my favorite slot machine ooh ooh
Bm C D
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and jumped the silent cars that slept at traffic lights
C D Bm
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|5/7\5~------2/4\2~-------4/5b~\4~-4--|intro riff
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Panic In Detriot-David Bowie
|D                               |E                          
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He looked a lot like Che Guevara          drove a diesel van
Kept his gun in quiet seclusion            such a humble man
|G           A                  |G               A         
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   The only survivor             of the National People's Gang

Panic In Detroit Chords by David Bowie

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